Mount Airey (Palmerland)
| Mount Airey | ||
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| height | 1440 m | |
| location | Palmerland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| Mountains | Guettard Range | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 21 '18 " S , 63 ° 11' 22" W | |
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Mount Airey is a 1440 m high nunatak on the Lassiter coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 10 km west of the Johnston Spur at the eastern end of the Guettard Range . The Nunatak covers an area of 20 km² and has some ridges.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2015. It is named after Malcolm Airey from the British Antarctic Survey , who worked as a field research assistant in the area from 2014 to 2015.
Web links
- Mount Airey in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)